- Juraj Šimek
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team=Tampa Bay Lightning
former_teams=Vancouver Canucks
league= NHL
position = Right Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 190
nationality = Switzerland
birth_date = Birth date and age|1987|9|29|mf=y
birth_place =Presov ,Slovakia
draft = 167th overall
draft_year = 2006
draft_team =Vancouver Canucks
career_start = 2004Juraj Šimek (born
29 September 1987 , inPresov ,Slovakia ) is a Swiss professionalice hockey player currently playing forTampa Bay Lightning of theNHL .Playing career
Prior to moving to
North America , Šimek played in his nativeSwitzerland between the junior and senior (Nationalliga A and B) leagues with Bern, Kloten andEHC Biel . After a strong season with Kloten's junior team in 2005–06, posting 68 points in 45 games, Šimek was chosen in the sixth round, 167th overall, by theVancouver Canucks in the2006 NHL Entry Draft .Selected by the
Brandon Wheat Kings with their first choice in the 2006 CHL Import Draft,citeweb|title=Canucks sign forward Juraj Simek|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=335202|accessdate=2008-09-25|publisher=Vancouver Canucks ] Šimek made his North American debut in 2006–07 with the Wheat Kings. He scored at a near point-per-game pace, with 57 points in 58 games and received his first NHL contract in the off-season, onJuly 23 ,2007 , with the Canucks.Signed with the Canucks, he made his
American Hockey League debut with Vancouver's minor league affiliate, theManitoba Moose in 2007–08 and scored 17 points in 66 games. OnOctober 6 ,2008 , he was traded along withLukas Krajicek to theTampa Bay Lightning forMichel Ouellet andShane O'Brien .cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=385125|title=Canucks acquire Shane O'Brien and Michel Ouellet |publisher=Vancouver Canucks|author=Vancouver Canucks|accessdate=2008-10-06]International play
Šimek has played for the Swiss national junior team twice at the World Junior Championships.
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External links
[http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8473479 Juraj Simek on Canucks.com]
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